Hammond, Dorothy (c. 1876–1950)
Hammond, Dorothy (c. 1876–1950)
English actress. Born Dorothy Plaskitt, c. 1876 in London, England; died Nov 23, 1950, in London; m. Sir Guy Standing; children: Kay Hammond (actress).
Made stage debut as a walk-on in The Prisoner of Zenda, followed by The Storm, The Royal Necklace, Mademoiselle Mars (as Eliza Bonaparte), Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots, Time is Money, and The Butterfly on the Wheel, among others; in America, appeared opposite Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar (as Portia), Monsieur Beaucaire (as Lady Mary), and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (as Agnes).
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